Dooleys Heritage Trail #9 Tasmania, Australia
By
sirius Tas on 01-Aug-13. Waypoint GA6400
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S41° 19.540' E146° 10.947' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 431582E 5424767N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 105 m |
| Local Government Area: | Central Coast |
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Description
Shortest access is via the Groove Creek track...see maps and notes at.....billshep1.wordpress.com/
or you can continue on from the previous caches, depending on fitness.
At the time of publishing, the track has been slashed and cleaned off, but a few small trees are still across the track though pose no real obstacle for the earlybird cachers.
These trees will be removed very soon so please bear with me.
All logs and debris has now been cleared by myself and the hard work of Bill, Max and Chris.
Also, could Geocachers please note any fallen logs or debris across the track in their cache log as an aid to keeping the trails maintained. As you can appreciate that with the trail
extending over a large distance, maintenance is a real issue, especially with only a handfull of volunteers.
The cache is a small black container with bison tube and log roll, small swaps and pencil.
This cache is at Farmers Creek, more caches will be placed further south at a later date but the track will need to be cleared first.
Enjoy!
Hints
Haqre ebpxf ba fbhgurea raq bs ynetr ebpx bhgpebc, fbhgu bs perrx. |
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Logs
Another stoopid idea to tackle more of the Trail today. 
Thoroughly enjoyed every bit of our walk today, my legs had other ideas though. This time downhill was as bad as uphill. Anyways, I battled on smacking fallen branches away from the track as best we could. We got as far as number 11 and called it a day and headed back for the grueling walk back up the mountain to the Ute. I tell you that last 100 metres is murder on the calf muscles!! 
Sorry for generic copy and paste, too tired to think.
Thoroughly enjoyed every bit of our walk today, my legs had other ideas though. This time downhill was as bad as uphill. Anyways, I battled on smacking fallen branches away from the track as best we could. We got as far as number 11 and called it a day and headed back for the grueling walk back up the mountain to the Ute. I tell you that last 100 metres is murder on the calf muscles!! Sorry for generic copy and paste, too tired to think.
Found this whilst out and about with Trimbletas in search of GCA caches to get us on the board for the blitz games.
We decided to park at the groove creek carpark and walk from DHT #7 towards #15. there were numerous trees over the track and we never had a saw with us to clear them so we only cleared what we could, the track was very overgrown in places and after battling our way to #11 the decision was made that it was enough battling for today and we made our way back to the car.
on the way back i nearly walked straight on top of a tiger snake crossing the track, i did a good job to spot him before i would have stepped on him.
This cache was a quick find in the obvious spot as per the hint. TFTC
We decided to park at the groove creek carpark and walk from DHT #7 towards #15. there were numerous trees over the track and we never had a saw with us to clear them so we only cleared what we could, the track was very overgrown in places and after battling our way to #11 the decision was made that it was enough battling for today and we made our way back to the car.
on the way back i nearly walked straight on top of a tiger snake crossing the track, i did a good job to spot him before i would have stepped on him.
This cache was a quick find in the obvious spot as per the hint. TFTC
Set out to do Dooleys Trail with Goose&Egg and Stainless steel rat, a beautiful area and worth a visit but not for the faint hearted if you do the entire trail at once I left a scout behind in all the caches that were big enough.tftc
This one was not far from the last with a nice easy walk to it having us making good time and we were soon adding our names to the log after a short search.
Found at 12:30
Found at 12:30
Rated: for Overall Experience
Last cache before lunch. This was buried under a lot of leaf litter but Paul somehow found it and left us on a real high as we headed to the edge of the river for lunch. It was just after 12.30pm and we had been walking since 8am so we were getting hungry.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Final cache of the day and a quick find due to the specific and accurate hint. Thanks Sirius for an excellent cache series, we have greatly enjoyed all our many walks exploring Dooley's Track and the Wilmot River. Such a great place, lots of wildlife and so quiet; we have never encountered another person while there.
Rated: for Overall Experience
2nd find for the day and one of the quickest thanks to the specific clue. Cache was damp inside but the log sheet was nice and dry in its bison tube. After the find we sat on the rocks in the creek and had morning tea. We thought we might avoid leeches by being out in the water. It worked too. Thanks.
Found on our caravan and caching holiday to the North West coast, finding caches that had been published since our last vist and this was one of them.
Today we targetted 8 caches along this stretch of the trail. We parked at the car park for Secluded Falls and walked, skated and slid down the hill again. The first couple of caches were along relatively flat terrain and the track weaved beside the river. Evidence of recent track clearing was appreciated and today we noticed the ferns shooting new growth after the recent rain.
The terrain became steeper and challenging as we proceeded along the track engaging the mountain goat in us. 3 hours after we left the car park we arrived at Spellmans Crossing. Here we rested and had lunch ready for our return journey which saw us back at the car 6 hours after we left.
Thanks sirius for all the effort gone into placing these caches and clearing the track.
Today we targetted 8 caches along this stretch of the trail. We parked at the car park for Secluded Falls and walked, skated and slid down the hill again. The first couple of caches were along relatively flat terrain and the track weaved beside the river. Evidence of recent track clearing was appreciated and today we noticed the ferns shooting new growth after the recent rain.
The terrain became steeper and challenging as we proceeded along the track engaging the mountain goat in us. 3 hours after we left the car park we arrived at Spellmans Crossing. Here we rested and had lunch ready for our return journey which saw us back at the car 6 hours after we left.
Thanks sirius for all the effort gone into placing these caches and clearing the track.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Having found the cache at "Dooleys Heritage Trail #8" we continued upstream to this cache. Again, the hand of Sirius clearing the track made for an easy walk and the vegetation remained varied and interesting. As we got within about 150m of GZ, a misty rain (mizzle?) started to descend and the earlier sunshine disappeared. After easily negotiating a swiftly flowing creek near GZ, we were able to make a quick find due to the hint. Our GPS wasn't that useful as it was being rather erratic, probably due to the relatively dense tree canopy and the mist. The cache and its contents were in good condition. Thanks Sirius Tas for this cache - it has really whet our appetite for what you have planned between this location and Spellman's Bridge.
We then backtracked downstream to the junction of Dooley's Track and the Groove Creek Track. From there it took us 35 minutes to make our way, slowly, back up the steep track to the car. By this time persistent light rain was falling and we were glad to be ending our walk at this time rather than starting out. We arrived back at our car exactly 3 hours after setting off and during that time we managed to find the four remaining caches in this excellent series. Thanks Sirius Tas for the caches and the track clearing.
We then backtracked downstream to the junction of Dooley's Track and the Groove Creek Track. From there it took us 35 minutes to make our way, slowly, back up the steep track to the car. By this time persistent light rain was falling and we were glad to be ending our walk at this time rather than starting out. We arrived back at our car exactly 3 hours after setting off and during that time we managed to find the four remaining caches in this excellent series. Thanks Sirius Tas for the caches and the track clearing.
A quick find along a muddy but well defined track.
Joint *ftf* with Oldsaint
Thanks for the cache Sirius
Found cache at 1430
Joint *ftf* with Oldsaint
Thanks for the cache Sirius
Found cache at 1430
Hi Again
Another caching day accompanied by Budgietas in the North West area.
I left home at 0500hrs, meeting up with the "flyer" at 0600hrs. I found 11 for the day while Budgie got 20 or 21. We got back to Budge's home at 2100hrs and I arrived back in Huonville an hour later.
"Dooleys Heritage Trail #9" was my eleventh find for the day. From # 8 to this cache. The log signed at 1430hrs. Now back track to the base of the hill and start the arduous walk back to the cache mobile. Got a joint *FTF* with Budge on this cache. Including the falls and the three Dooleys caches a Favourites point from me.
Prior to this I had found "Chudleigh hut", "State of the Union"; those caches on Gog Hill; others found today included some of sirius Tas' new ones around the Wilmot River and a couple in Devonport.
Overall a long and in some places a hard day but very rewarding. We both scored on flip flop (leech) bite each in the Wilmot area; I even carried one in my clothing back to Turners Beach where it tried to attach to my hand. No blood in my alcohol stream - TeHeHe!
Thanks Budge for another great day.
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
Another caching day accompanied by Budgietas in the North West area.
I left home at 0500hrs, meeting up with the "flyer" at 0600hrs. I found 11 for the day while Budgie got 20 or 21. We got back to Budge's home at 2100hrs and I arrived back in Huonville an hour later.
"Dooleys Heritage Trail #9" was my eleventh find for the day. From # 8 to this cache. The log signed at 1430hrs. Now back track to the base of the hill and start the arduous walk back to the cache mobile. Got a joint *FTF* with Budge on this cache. Including the falls and the three Dooleys caches a Favourites point from me.
Prior to this I had found "Chudleigh hut", "State of the Union"; those caches on Gog Hill; others found today included some of sirius Tas' new ones around the Wilmot River and a couple in Devonport.
Overall a long and in some places a hard day but very rewarding. We both scored on flip flop (leech) bite each in the Wilmot area; I even carried one in my clothing back to Turners Beach where it tried to attach to my hand. No blood in my alcohol stream - TeHeHe!
Thanks Budge for another great day.
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
Rated: for Overall Experience
